In the first match of the “WTA 500” tournament in Doha, the former 1 and 2 rackets of the world Karolina Pliskova and Paula Bados were eliminated. Instead, the main favorites qualified for the final eight without any problems.

Maria Sakkari and Daria Kasatkina in the round of 16 in Doha

The tournament’s No. 5 favorite Maria Sakkari beat Qinwen Zheng (24 WTA) in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, after two hours and seven minutes.

The player from Greece will meet the Russian Kateryna Alexandrova in the next round.

Daria Kasatkina, who is ranked 8th in the world, beat Canada’s Rebecca Marino (75 WTA) after 1 hour 42 minutes with a score of 7-6, 6-2.

In the 1/8 finals, Kasatkina will meet Beatrice Haddad Maia (12 WTA)

Pliskova and Badosa were eliminated in the first round

Karolina Pliskova and Paula Badosa left the tournament in Doha in the first round.

In qualifying, Pliskova was defeated by Kateryna Aleksandrova, 6-1, 6-2, while Badosa was eliminated by Beatrice Haddad Maia, 7-6, 6-3.

Results of the day at WTA Doha

Petra Kvitova vs. Shuai Zhang 7-5, 6-2

Danielle Collins vs. Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-6

Jelena Ostapenko vs. Madison Keys 7-5, 6-2

Sofia Kenin against Lyudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-1

Belinda Bencic vs. Victoria Tomova 6-0, 6-1

Beatrice Haddad Maia vs. Paula Badosa 7-6, 6-3

Maria Sakkari vs. Qinwen Zheng 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Kateryna Alexandrova vs. Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-2

Daria Kasatkina vs. Rebecca Marino 7-6, 6-2